You Are A Blessing

I have another card for Dreamerland Crafts today :)

I've used a gorgeous stamp called You Are A Blessing and a sentiment from the Birthday 06 set.

I thought this stamp had such a peacefully sweet vibe and I wanted to continue that feel with the background.  So I used a leaf stencil and some distress inks to create a soft and pretty garden effect.

I used Evergreen Bough, Peacock Feathers and Faded Jeans Distress Inks with a Kraftin Kimmie stencil called Leaves and Vines.

I coloured the stamp with these Copics :

W 00, 1, 3, 5, 7

B 00, 37

BG 05

E 00, 00, 13, 21, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 42, 43, 44, 47

R 00, 20, 22

RV  55, 63, 66

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Time Out Challenges -  "Inspired by Words" 

"If you have a garden and a library you have everything you need"

Word Art Wednesday - Anything with a sentiment

Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes

Southern Girls Challenge - anything goes





Sitting on a swing with your cat and a book in a garden = Perfection

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

When I Look Into Your Eyes

I have a card to share using one of the gorgeous stamps from Dreamerland Crafts today :)

This one is called When I Look Into Your Eyes and it's so very sweet.

I coloured the image with Copics and then used a die to cut a pretty border at the bottom.
I silver embossed the 'Special' onto the piece and then stamped the rest of the sentiment on a separate piece of paper and cut the words out.

The pretty papers are both from a beautiful Vintage Girl collection by Photoplay.

Copics used :

E 000, 00, 13, 21, 42, 43, 47, 55

BG 11, 72

G 21

R 20, 30, 81, 83, 85

RV 69

W 00, 1, 3, 7

I have a few Dreamerland Crafts stamps with girls and cats now because they're all so gorgeous I just can't resist them :)


I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Aud Sentiments Challenge - anything goes with a sentiment
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - happy birthday
Crafty Hazelnut's patterned paper challenge - patterned paper



Thanks for dropping by today :)
Kathy

Enjoy today

I have a card to share today using one of the gorgeous new stamps from Dreamerland Crafts.

This one is called Thank you for and I think these two are SO sweet :)

To be honest, otters are my favourite animals but hedgehogs run a close second so I knew I just had to have this set :)

On the stamp the hedgehog is actually sitting on top of a tree stump but I decided not to add that part and it was very easy to cut him out.

There is also a lovely sentiment that comes with the set but I decided to go with this one from an older set called Birthday 05.

Copics used :

R 20, 24, 27, 29, 30, 59

W 00, 1, 3, 5

E 000, 00, 13, 21,31, 33, 35, 41, 53 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Add a tag
Wednesday's Creative Inspiration Challenge - Something New or something old
Southern Girls Challenge - Anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Cute Chemist turns 18

I have another card made with the fabulous Cute Chemists set by MFT to share today.

I made this one for my daughter's 18th Birthday.
She is going to study Chemistry at Uni next year so I thought this little chemist would be perfect on her card.  She looks like her quite a bit too :)

I loved colouring this girl with copics and I personalised it by getting the hair colour right and using my daughter's favourite colour (purple) on the clipboard, shirt and beaker.

I created the background by stamping the beakers with versamark onto grey card and then colouring them lightly with pencils.  I also used a white gel pen on the bubbles to make them stand out a little more.

I decided to use MFT's Love You Die-namics but place the girl so that her face is the "O" in "YOU".

Then I added some little hearts from the MFT Tag Builder 5 die.  These are so cute and I originally had the idea to use 18 (for her 18th birthday) but I just thought it looked a bit much :(  

Looks won out over sentimentality and I just sprinkled on a few :)

My daughter loved her card. YAY!!! :)

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Love to scrap challenge : anything goes

Southern Girls challenge : anything goes

Simon Says Stamp : stamp it

TCP Challenge : layer up

Thanks for dropping by :)

Kathy

Cute Chemists Wedding

I have an unconventional Wedding card to share today.

My nephew, who is a science teacher, was getting married to another science teacher so I just had to make them a card using MFT's Cute Chemists :)

I really loved colouring these two to resemble the bride and groom.
I cut them out and placed them on top of an explosive background I made using alcohol inks.
I also used the Serious Chemistry sentiment from the set but I changed it up a little to suit.
The little hearts are from the MFT Tag Builder die.

Copics used :

W 00, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9

E 000, 00, 13, 21, 35, 39

Y 15

YR 14, 16, 18

BG 000, 02, 10, 11

B 00, 01, 02, 93, 95, 97

BV 00, 08

RV 00, 02, 21, 25

R 20, 22, 30

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges :

MFT - colour challenge 123
TCP challenge - clean and simple


Thanks for dropping by today :)
Kathy

Friendship has no boundaries

I have a sweet card for Dreamerland Crafts to share today.

This stamp is called Friendship Has No Boundaries and is from their newest release.

These two are just so adorable aren't they?!

I decided that they would look beautiful on a Birthday Card and I created an outdoor scene for them to celebrate in.

I used distress inks for the grass and clouds and used MFT's Happy Birthday die and a balloon die from CC Designs.

I used a little Wink of Stella on the tutus too :)

Copics used :
E 000, 00, 13, 21, 41, 43, 43, 44
R 00, 20, 22, 30
W 00, 1

Thanks so much for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Cute Chemists

I am a guest designer for Words 2 Craft By this month.
It is a wonderful challenge blog where each month they have a quote for inspiration.

This month's quote is The influence of a good teacher can never be erased
and it is so true.

I used a fabulous MFT set called Cute Chemists with a much-loved but retired CC Designs sentiment to make a card for my daughter's Chemistry teacher.

I coloured the teacher with copics and I love how she turned out!
Then I created a background using beaker stamps from the set.  I stamped them onto kraft card with versamark and then coloured some of them in with coloured pencils.  I've never tried a background like this before but I think it looks really effective.
I stamped the sentiment onto black card with versamark and embossed with white to create a blackboard. I added a few touches with white pencil and cut out a little piece of white card for the chalk too.
Then I cut a frame out of some pink wood paper from Doodlebug Designs.
The kraft square and blackboard frame were cut with dies from CC Designs.

Copics used ;

B 93, 95, 97

RV 00, 02, 17, 25, 55, 63

R 20, 22, 30

W 00, 1, 3, 5, 7

E 000, 00, 13, 21, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 53

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Simon Says Stamp - Stitches
Craft Stamper - anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)
Kathy